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DHS and Wisconsin Asthma Coalition

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Wisconsin Asthma Coalition

DHS partners with the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin to coordinate the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition (WAC), which has been in existence since 2001. The coalition is made up of a dedicated group of over 280 members who are working to improve asthma education, prevention, management and services and reduce the disproportionate burden of asthma among disparately impacted populations. Members have many opportunities to participate in WAC through the Executive Committee, workgroups, WAC meetings and local asthma coalitions.

DHS' partnership with the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition

DHS provides CDC asthma funding to the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin to coordinate WAC, integrate partnership activities, and facilitate the maintenance and implementation of the Wisconsin Asthma Plan. 

DHS asthma staff serve as members of the WAC Executive Committee, Core Team, participate in various workgroups and chair the environment/work-related asthma and surveillance workgroups. DHS also provides evaluation support to the Coalition and the many projects being conducted statewide. 

Environmental and Occupational Health Resources

  • Controlling Asthma in the Home: A Guide for Landlords and Tenants (PDF, 151 KB) - A brochure to educate landlords and tenants of rental properties on basic asthma facts and statistics as well as common asthma triggers found in the home, and to provide easy steps a landlord/tenant can take to avoid/control these triggers 
    Spanish version (PDF, 163 KB)
    Hmong version (PDF, 178 KB)
  • Healthy Homes Poster (PDF, 661 KB) -This poster could be used in a variety of settings, including schools, day cares, public health departments, community centers and clinician offices to initiate dialogue on hazards in the home. 
  • Outdoor Wood Boilers - Guidance for local government and public health officials on the use and regulation of outdoor wood boilers (OWBs).
  • Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracking - The program partners with other agencies and organizations for health information data and identifying environmental contaminants.
  • Work-related Asthma
  • Work-related Asthma in Wisconsin (PDF, 1.1 MB) - Each year the Wisconsin Occupational Health Surveillance Program releases a report to increase awareness of hazards in Wisconsin workplaces. This year the focus is on one specific occupational health illness - work-related asthma.

Surveillance Resources

  • Burden of Asthma in Wisconsin 2010(PDF, 8.1 MB) - This document represents an updated summary of Wisconsin asthma surveillance data. Like its predecessor, the Burden of Asthma 2007, this report represents the cumulative efforts of a range of statewide partners to comprehensively describe the current burden of asthma in Wisconsin. The report will serve as the foundation for future asthma surveillance activities and will be an essential tool for local and statewide planning efforts to address asthma as a continuing public health issue in Wisconsin.  
  • Burden of Asthma in Wisconsin 2007 (PDF, 6.8 MB) - This report summarizes a variety of data on asthma including prevalence, associated costs, disease management, emergency department visit and hospitalization rates, and information about the number of deaths due to asthma. 
    * Corrections for any errors found in the report since its publication can be seen in this errata sheet (PDF, 35 KB).
  • Asthma in Wisconsin: Asthma Facts and Figures specific to each local asthma coalition:

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Last Revised:  August 30, 2012